Write or Die is a Markdown editor with a dangerous-writing mode. Start a timed session and keep typing. If you stop, the text blurs; stay idle too long and the current session text is deleted. Survive until the timer ends and your text is copied to the clipboard.

Light editor	Mid-session warning	Deleted session

pip install -r requirements.txt
python main.py

Install the build requirements first:

pip install -r requirements-build.txt

PyInstaller does not cross-compile. Run the build on the OS you want to target:

# Windows: dist/WriteOrDie.exe
python build_app.py --target windows

# macOS: dist/WriteOrDie.app
python build_app.py --target macos

# Debian-based Linux: dist/WriteOrDie plus write-or-die_0.1.1_amd64.deb
python build_app.py --target linux

python build_exe.py remains as a Windows-only shortcut.

1. Pick a Mode from the Session menu and press Start session.
2. Keep writing. When you pause, the text starts to blur.
3. A red deletion countdown shows how long until the wipe. Only text written in the current session is faded/highlighted as at-risk. Type to reset it.
4. Stay idle past the threshold and the editor is cleared.
5. Survive until the session timer hits 00:00 and your text is copied to the clipboard with a popup confirmation.

Only the text written since the current session started is at risk. Text from earlier sessions is protected and never wiped.

Use Session > History... to view the persistent master session log. Sessions are grouped by date and time, color-coded by outcome/deletions, and include mode, word count, deletions, WPM, average seconds per word, and duration.

Use Session > Disable Stop during session to prevent stopping a running session manually. This is enabled automatically when Hardcore mode is selected.

• Hide all text - blind-writing mode. You type without seeing the text. The text reappears and is copied when the session ends.
• Focus mode - hides everything except the text around the cursor. Use the in-menu +/- counters to set how many words and/or sentences to reveal.
• Hemingway mode - disables backspace, delete, and cursor movement. You can only write forward.
• Typewriter mode - keeps the current line vertically centered while text flows upward as you type.
• Show timer - the session countdown.
• Show deletion countdown - the red idle-to-deletion counter.
• Show session marks - ephemeral dashed lines marking where each session started/ended. These are drawn only and are never written into the .md file.
• Dark mode - toggles between dark and light color themes.

• Font - choose any installed font family from the menu dropdown.
• Font size - +/- counter from 6 to 48 pt.

All View/Format settings and Custom timing values persist between sessions.

• Auto-hiding scrollbar - the editor scrollbar is thin and minimal, fading in while you scroll or move the mouse and fading out after about a second idle.
• Focus reveal animation - in Focus mode, newly revealed text fades in and a finished sentence fades out instead of snapping.
• Session stats - the status bar shows live per-session stats on the left with the total document word count on the right. When no session is running it shows the last session summary.

• main.py - the entire application (PySide6 / Qt6).
• build_app.py - platform-specific PyInstaller packaging.
• requirements.txt - runtime dependency.
• requirements-build.txt - packaging dependencies.

Released under the MIT License. The license includes a broad "as is" warranty disclaimer and limitation of liability. In plain terms: you are responsible for your own use, misuse, data loss, and outcomes. See LICENSE.